Keelin Winters

Keelin Winters
Winters warming up for the Seattle Reign FC, 2013
Personal information
Full name Keelin Winters Pattillo[1]
Birth name Keelin Mary Winters[2]
Date of birth (1988-12-09) December 9, 1988 (age 35)[3]
Place of birth Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[3]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Youth career
2001–2004 Mustang Blast
2004–2007 Real Colorado
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2010 Portland Pilots
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2008 Colorado Rush 16 (2)
2011 Boston Breakers 19 (4)
2012 Seattle Sounders 8 (1)
2012 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam 9 (2)
2013–2016 Seattle Reign FC 87 (6)
2014–2016Western Sydney Wanderers (loan) 23 (7)
International career
2008 United States U20
2010–2011 United States U23
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Keelin Winters Pattillo (born Keelin Mary Winters; December 9, 1988) is an American retired soccer defensive midfielder who last played for the Seattle Reign FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), a team she captained to two consecutive NWSL Shield wins.[4] She previously played for 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam in the Frauen-Bundesliga, Boston Breakers in Women's Professional Soccer, the Seattle Sounders of the American USL W-League, and Western Sydney Wanderers in the Australian W-League[5][6] With Turbine Potsdam, she competed in three games of the 2012–13 UEFA Women's Champions League helping lift the team to the Round of 16.[7] She played collegiate soccer for the University of Portland and was named West Coast Conference (WCC) Player of the Year in 2010.

Winters represented the United States on the U-20 and U-23 national teams. She was a member of the senior national team's player pool and was allocated by U.S. Soccer during the NWSL Player Allocation, but did not play during an official international match.[8] In 2008, Winters captained the U-20 team to win gold at the 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Chile and scored the game-winning goal in the quarterfinal match against England.

  1. ^ "Keelin Winters Pattillo – Head coach & trainer". Pro Skills Soccer. Archived from the original on November 18, 2021. Retrieved November 18, 2021.
  2. ^ Lüttgen, Christoph (November 18, 2012). "Pokal-Aus für SC 07 Bad Neuenahr trotz bester Saisonleistung" [Cup exit for SC 07 Bad Neuenahr despite best performance of the season]. General-Anzeiger (in German). Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler. Retrieved November 18, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Keelin Winters". Fox Sports. Retrieved August 26, 2017.
  4. ^ "Seattle Reign FC Captain Keelin Winters Announces Retirement". Medium. January 21, 2017. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
  5. ^ "Sounders Women 2012 Roster". Seattle Sounders Women. Archived from the original on March 7, 2013. Retrieved May 10, 2012.
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  8. ^ Bird, Liviu (March 1, 2013). "Red Stars send Keelin Winters to Reign FC in first NWSL trade". The Equalizer. Retrieved December 23, 2016.